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| Bill | Zoning; development agreements in certain localities within Planning District 23 (Hampton Roads). | Zoning; development agreements in certain localities. Allows any locality within Planning District 23 with a population between 245,000 and 350,000 that has adopted a transfer of development rights ordinance to include provisions in its zoning ordinance that allow the governing body to enter into binding development agreements with owners of real property in the locality, so long as the property to be developed contains at least 1,000 acres or is located within (i) a receiving area of a transfer of development rights program and (ii) a tax increment financing district. Current law allows only New Kent County to include such provisions allowing for development agreements in its zoning ordinance. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 787 | Virginia HB 787 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 787 (2026) — Zoning; development agreements in certain localities within Planning District 23 (Hampton Roads).
Zoning; development agreements in certain localities. Allows any locality within Planning District 23 with a population between 245,000 and 350,000 that has adopted a transfer of development rights ordinance to include provisions in its zoning ordinance that allow the governing body to enter into binding development agreements with owners of real property in the locality, so long as the property to be developed contains at least 1,000 acres or is located within (i) a receiving area of a transfer of development rights program and (ii) a tax increment financing district. Current law allows only New Kent County to include such provisions allowing for development agreements in its zoning ordinance.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Local Government Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Local Government with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105324D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2026-02-13 House committee offered
- 2026-02-13 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-02 Reported from Local Government with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Local Government Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-13 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB787ER)
passage - 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-13 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 421 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4fc1d9e-7a07-4e62-8de9-1d591d9172b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).